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Posts about the Japanese Language
Wow, it’s been one year since I first opened up Genki and started memorizing vocab lists. I’d like to think I’ve come a long way.
It’s actually been about 8~9 months since I started all the daily listening/reading/SRSing.
To avoid sounding like a language blog parrot, I’ll keep this post short and sweet.
I can’t believe I almost forgot to post my traditional pre-tadoku contest strategy-that-I-never-stick-to-anyway. I’ll blame work and 戦場のヴァルキュリア２. Anyways, another tadoku contest is starting up tomorrow (quickly sign up if you haven’t) and I can’t wait to get my read on.
言語は単に口から一方的に音を出すだけのものではない。言語は意思を伝達する為の手段である。
考えてみて下さい。もし話す時に体を全然動かせかなったとしたらどうなるか。
Some amount of time ago, I was sitting in front of my laptop. I had just finished my SRS reps for the day, and I was frustrated.
“I still don’t know anything!”
“I can’t say what I want, when I want.”
“I still freeze and stumble over my words.”
“Will I ever understand all of this?”
Yes, I was being really dramatic. For some reason, I just suddenly lost it. I was ready to give up.
Continue reading “【日本語】The First and Last Time I Ever Questioned My Progress”
The second round of Tadoku is over.
AND I REACHED MY GOAL OF 1000 PAGES!!
This is exciting for two reasons:
April 1st is almost here, and you (probably) know what that means….
TADOKU. 多読。Reading. All Day Long. Language Acquisition. New Learning Methods. Trash-Talk. Twitter.
What? Read on, friend.
Continue reading “Tadoku Round 2: Not an April Fools’ Prank”